Dogma (ドグマ ) is a Japanese
adult video company based in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
which specializes in various fetish genres of
pornography
Pornography (often shortened to porn or porno) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal. Primarily intended for adults, .
Company information
The Dogma label was formed as part of the
Soft On Demand
, often known as SOD, is a Japanese adult video group of companies which has its headquarters in the Nakano ward of Tokyo. SOD was founded in December 1995 by Ganari Takahashi, who retired from the company in March 2005 and is currently worki ...
(SOD) group in February 2001 by
Tohjiro, a director at SOD. A year later, Tohjiro separated Dogma from SOD to become a separate "indie" producer of AV material. Tohjiro said he liked the sound of the word "Dogma" and decided to use it for his label. The studio produces about 8 new titles a month, about half of them directed by Tohjiro. The company's products are distributed as downloadable videos through their website and as DVDs through the
Hokuto Corporation. In addition to video production, Dogma has also made a small foray into the
T-Shirt
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business with some designs by
AV Idol Kurumi Morishita.
Dogma is incorporated as OM Production, Inc. (株式会社オムプロダクション) with Muneyuki Mikami (三上宗之) as chairman and chief executive officer. The company has its offices and studios in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
's
Roppongi
is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene. A few foreign embassies are located near Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike. It is ...
district.
Series and labels
Dogma specializes in extreme videos depicting various fetish genres including
anal sex
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,
bondage,
S&M, forced
fellatio and vomiting, enemas,
watersports and
scat. One of Dogma's longest running series is "Confinement Chair Trance" (拘束椅子トランス), directed by
Tohjiro, which started up in November 2002. Another Tohjiro series is the S&M "M-Drug" (Mドラッグ) series which began in September 2005 with Mayura Hoshitsuki. Tohjiro is also the director of the "Innocent Desire" (青い性欲) lolita-genre series which premiered in March 2001 when Dogma was still part of SOD. Another extensive series is the
"Hermaphrodite" (ふたなり) set of videos directed by Hitoshi Nimura.
Most Dogma videos have been released under the Dogma label but
Tohjiro instituted a separate hardcore
S&M themed label, CORE SM, in December 2005 with its first release being ''Maki Tomoda - Bound Masochistic Slave''. Another label, Shyness, was started in November 2007 to continue the "Innocent Desire" lolita-genre series and a third label, Dogma Out, was used in 2005 and 2006 mostly by director Baba the Babee. The CORE label uses the production code series COT-xxx, Shyness uses DDH-xxx, and Dogma Out uses ODD-xxx.
Actresses
Two actresses have been under contract to Dogma
although both retired in recent years, Morishita in 2009 and Hoshitsuki in 2010.
Other actresses who have performed in Dogma videos include:
*
Hotaru Akane
* Nao Ayukawa
* Ai Himeno
* Hikari Hino
* Marin Izumi
*
Kyōko Kazama
* Yumi Kazama
* Saya Misaki
* Akane Mochida
*
Nozomi Momoi
was a popular and prolific Japanese AV idol, best known for her "baby face that topped off a huge set of boobs" She appeared in over 100 movies, appearing in up to ten releases per month. (contains nudity) She was murdered at the age of 24.
Life ...
* Ami Nishimura
* Noa
*
Maria Ozawa
is a Japanese model and a former pornographic film actress of Canadian and Japanese ancestry. Early in her career as a model, she also used the name .
Biography 1986–2002: Early life
Ozawa was born in Hokkaido, Japan. Her mother is Japanese a ...
* Riko Tachibana
* Maki Tomoda
* Tsubomi
* Aoi Yuuki
Directors
Listed below are the directors active at Dogma at the beginning of 2009 and also the first part of the production codes series used to identify their original videos for the Dogma label:
*
TOHJIRO (DDT)
* Hitoshi Nimura (DDN)
* TENUN (DDU)
* Be-Bop Minoru (DDB)
* Normal Kim (DDK)
* Naniwa Ranko (DRD)
* Samurai Van (DDV)
Past directors at Dogma include:
* Baba the Babee (DDB)
*
K*WEST (DWD)
* KINGDOM (DKD)
* Kyuuta Kutsume (DDQ)
*
Kazuhiko Matsumoto
is a prominent Japanese adult video (AV) director, credited with inventing the '' bukkake'' genre of Japanese pornography.
Life and career
MVG
Matsumoto was the founder and first director of M's Video Group (MVG) in 1995. In December 2005, the ...
(DDM)
*
Company Matsuo
is a Japanese adult video (AV) director, producer and entrepreneur. He is credited with popularizing the Japanese porn genre of "hamedori", where the director/actor performs sexually with the actress and also films the actual action. He has bee ...
(for the Out label)
*
Goro Tameike (DDG)
D-1 Climax Awards
Dogma sponsored the
D-1 Climax (D-1 クライマックス) awards, which ran from 2005 to 2007, as a competition for directors. Several prominent directors from Dogma and other companies were invited to make videos under the Dogma label and sales during a set period plus voting by judges were used to determine the winners of the contest. Director and founder
Tohjiro won the award in 2005 and 2006 but Hitoshi Nimura took the prize in 2007.
AV GrandPrix
Dogma had not participated in the
AV Open contests in 2006 and 2007 but with the ending of the D-1 Climax Awards, Dogma did enter a video in the Maniac Stage of the 2008
AV GrandPrix, a compilation from
Tohjiro's M-Drug series ''Best of M Drug - Female Meat Toilet'' (Mドラッグ・スペシャル 女体肉便器ベスト)
VGL-019 For the 2009 AV GrandPrix competition, the Dogma entry was another Tohjiro production, ''Vomit Enema Ecstasy X'' (ゲロ浣腸エクスタシー X)
VGL-130starring Mayura Hoshitsuki and
Yuka Osawa. Tohjiro made some waves by declaring all-out war by the small "indie" producer Dogma to defeat last year's champion, top studio
S1 No. 1 Style
or just S1 (エスワン) is a Japanese producer of adult videos (AV) which has its offices in Tokyo's Meguro Ward. The company is best known for retailing its adult videos under the Fanza brand, an affiliate of DMM.
In the past 15 years since ...
. Although S1 did take the GrandPrix top prize and several others, Tohjiro made good on part of his boast - the Dogma video won the Digital Sales Award and the 2 million yen (about $20,000) prize money.
Notes
External links
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